Chuck Darling

{{Short description|American basketball player (1930–2021)}} :''A fictional character named Chuck Darling was in the comedy series Back to You.'' {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Chuck Darling | image_size = | image = Chuck Darling.jpg | caption = Darling with the Phillips 66ers | position = Center | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 8 | weight_lb = 225 | number = 27 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|3|20}} | birth_place = Denison, Iowa, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|4|6|1930|3|20}} | death_place = Littleton, Colorado, U.S. | high_school = *Helena (Helena, Montana) *South (Denver, Colorado) | college = Iowa (1949–1952) | draft_year = 1952 | draft_round = 1 | draft_pick = 8 | draft_team = Rochester Royals | career_start = | career_end = | highlights = * 3x AAU All-American (1954–1956) * Consensus first-team All-American (1952) * Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball (1952) * First-team All-Big Ten (1952) * Second-team All-Big Ten (1951) | medaltemplates= {{MedalSport | Men's basketball}} {{MedalCountry | {{flagu|United States}} }} {{MedalGold| 1956 Melbourne | Team competition}} }}

'''Charles Frick Darling''' (March 20, 1930 – April 6, 2021) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Born in Denison, Iowa, Darling played collegiately at the University of Iowa. He was selected by the Rochester Royals in the first round of the 1952 NBA draft, but chose not to pursue a career in professional basketball. Instead, he was a member of the American basketball team that won the Olympic gold medal in 1956. He was a member of the Des Moines Register's Iowa Sports Hall of Fame. He died in Littleton, Colorado at the age of 91.<ref>[https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/centennial-co/charles-darling-10144983 Chuck Darling obituary]</ref>

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==External links== *{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/chuck-darling-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418105134/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/chuck-darling-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Chuck Darling}}

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